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    Eight Sensory Offering Mudra
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1
    Water
    (ARGHAM)
    water to refresh the mouth
    (pouring a beaker)
What is
Offering
Mudra?
    We can make the traditional offerings of a ritual of symbolic or mental worship using gestures to stand for actual physical
    acts of generosity.  Usually, the mudras work to enhance or underscore the acts of generosity.  
2
    Water
    (PADYAM)
    water to refresh the feet
(a basin)
3
    Flower
    (PUSHPAM)
    flowers for delighting the eyes
(two blossoms)
4
Incense
(DHUPAM)
incense for clearing and
perfuming the air
(sticks of incense)
5
    Light
    (ALOKAM)
    light to brighten the space
(two waving lamps)
6
Scented Water
(GHANDE)
scented washing
(parting a cloth)
7
    Refrehment
    (NEVITYEH)
refreshment (the universal sign
that indicates a display set out)
8
Music
(SHABDA)
    music to delight
(clashing a pair of cymbals)